Digital Twins: An idea whose time has come Mahmoud Elkazaz The concept of a twin of a physical system is decades old. But it’s only recently that computing power has grown sufficiently to enable the digital replication of highly complex and dynamic systems. In this...
The complexity of renewables, Part 9 Richard Adams In this series of short technical articles, we look at various topics that illustrate the complexity of renewables as a concept within the ongoing energy transition. Here, PSC’s Richard Adams writes about the impact...
Reliable by design: The power of EMT-type design studies for offshore wind substation development Jenny Zhou & Iman Kaffashan Offshore wind energy is taking off! With various projects underway, taking the necessary steps to effectively test, develop, and operate...
The duck curve is turning into a canyon Lewis Feldon & James Wilson Solar PV technology is forecast to surpass coal as the world’s largest source of power with capacity tripling in the next five years, per IEA’s Renewables 2022 report. What was once expensive and...
Building a climate resilient power system Syahrul Saad & Mahmoud Elkazaz Climate change stands as an urgent and paramount global challenge, exerting far-reaching ramifications across multiple sectors and notably impacting the power system network. In response to...
Carbon capture and net zero Tim Miles In their special report on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), the International Energy Agency made the bold claim that “reaching net zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS”.[1] In plain figures, according to...
